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Key: Db
Intro:
A / G C
F / C D
A / G C
F / C D
Verse 1:
F C G C F G C F
Billy grew up in the middle of everywhere
G C F C F
He never had a say
C G C F C G C F
Billy wondered every weekend what he was doing there
C G C F D A
Everything was grey
Pre-chorus:
Em C D
Then he looked at the rainbow flying on the shopping mall
A
(On the shopping mall)
Em C D
How could anyone say no? Billy had to have it all and he said
Chorus:
G F
"Can I be one of the fabulous people?
C D C
Always fun and never scared?
B E B Dbm E D
I tried being myself, but no one cared"
Verse 2:
F C G C F G C F
Soon Billy was like a kid in a makeup store
C G C F C F
He had to get away
C G C F C G C F
Especially because "Sodom-on-Sea" was the place he headed for
C G C F D A
Happy, glad, and gay
Pre-chorus:
Em C D
Then he looked at the rainbow flying on the City Hall
A
(On the City Hall)
Em C D
How could anyone say no? Billy had to have it all and he said
Chorus:
G F
"Can I be one of the fabulous people?
C D C
Always fun and never scared?
B E B Dbm E D
I tried being myself, but no one cared"
[Instrumental]
A / G C
F / C D
A / G C
F / C D
Verse 3:
F C G C F C G C F
One night, Billy went in a place where there were no girls
C G C F C F
Oh, happy day
C G C F C G C F
A genie appeared
whispered in his ear, "You wanna give it a whirl "
C G C F D A
Billy ran away
Pre-chorus:
Em C D
Then he looked at the rainbow hanging by the mirror ball
A
(By the mirror ball)
Em C D
How could anyone say no? Billy had to have it all and he said
Chorus:
G F
"Can I be one of the fabulous people?
C D C
Always fun and never scared?
B E B Dbm E D C
I tried being myself, but no one cared"
[Instrumental]
A / G C
F / C D
A / G C
F / C D
A / G C
F / C D
A / G C
F / C D
A / G C
(Fade out)
Song History
Published: February 19, 2026
Last Updated: February 19, 2026